Two men arrested following stop

ADRIAN — Adrian police arrested two men after stopping a car at about 12:39 a.m. Jan. 6 on South Winter Street near Church Street, according to a police report.

The report said an officer tried to check what a car was doing behind a business in the 800 block of West Beecher Street. The car pulled away and the officer followed it, stopping the car on South Winter Street near Church Street.

The officer smelled alcohol in the vehicle and arrested the driver, Jakob Thomas Morano, 24, of Charlotte, N.C., on a charge of driving while intoxicated after he failed three field sobriety tests, the report said.

Morano initially refused a preliminary breath test, then took one, which showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.085, above the 0.08 level that is considered driving while intoxicated.

A passenger in the car, Paul Gerard Smith, 26, of Jackson, refused to identify himself and was arrested on a charge of interfering with a police investigation, according to the report. Smith also was cited for having an open intoxicant in a vehicle.

Morano also was given a warning for driving without an operator’s license on his person.